Naoto Higuchi
Biographic Data
| ID | 309034 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Naoto Higuchi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Naoto |
| FAMILY NAME | Higuchi |
| SIGNATURE | HIGUCHI N |
| AFFILIATIONS | National Institute of Amazonian Research |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1203-4502 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Migrant Religions in Japan
What is new about Japan’s new migration policy? From recruitment of “nonlabor” workers to selection by neoliberal meritocracy
Japan experienced major reforms in its migration policy in 2018. This study aims to examine the novelty of the new migration policy by tracing the shift in the legal status of two “nonlabor” migrant workers: fourth-generation Japanese descendants (Nikkeijin) and technical interns. While fourth-generation young adults have been allowed to work in Japan since 2018, their rights are more restricted than those of third-generation Nikkeijin. Simultane…
Alternative identification of wood from natural fallen trees of the Lecythidaceae family in the Central Amazonian using FT-NIR spectroscopy
The scientific identification of natural fallen trees in tropical forests is complex due to the lack of fertile material in field collection. The study evaluated the use of near-infrared spectroscopy with Fourier-transform (FT-NIR) in the discrimination of wood from fallen trees of the Lecythidaceae family. Seven trees were collected in the Central Amazonian region (Brazil), from which 63 specimens were prepared from the wood, and NIR spectra wer…
Immigration and nationalism in Japan
How does nationalism influence immigration to Japan? Japan’s policymakers have carefully designed policy measures so that they keep nationalist’s feathers unruffled. Although it is clear that ethno-nationalist attitudes dominate the country, nationalism has seldom been mobilized to determine migration policies in Japan. In this chapter, therefore, I do not directly analyze the impact of nationalism on them. Instead, I examine the effect of factor…
Estoque E Traços Funcionais De Raízes Finas Na Regeneração Natural De Uma Floresta Atingida Por Chuvas Convectivas Na Amazônia Central
Os processos fisiológicos das árvores afetam o fluxo de carbono e água, influenciando os estoques de biomassa na floresta. No entanto, a mudança climática e eventos extremos podem causar desbalanceamentos. Compreender o funcionamento do ecossistema amazônico diante de distúrbios naturais é crucial para estratégias de regeneração. As raízes finas, com diâmetro menor que 2 mm, são essenciais para a absorção de água e nutrientes, além de contribuíre…
Soil moisture thresholds explain a shift from light-limited to water-limited sap velocity in the Central Amazon during the 2015–16 El Niño drought
Transpiration is often considered to be light- but not water-limited in humid tropical rainforests due to abundant soil water, even during the dry seasons. The record-breaking 2015–16 El Niño drought provided a unique opportunity to examine whether transpiration is constrained by water under severe lack of rainfall. We measured sap velocity, soil water content, and meteorological variables in an old-growth upland forest in the Central Amazon thro…
Effects of sustainable forest management on tree diversity, timber volumes, and carbon stocks in an ecotone forest in the northern Brazilian Amazon
Social movement studies in post-3.11 Japan
Between the decline of mass protests in the 1970s and the Great East Japan Earthquake and Fukushima nuclear meltdown in the 2010s, which resulted in the resurgence of mass demonstrations, social movements were widely regarded as uncommon in Japan. In this essay, the author reviews Japan’s social movement studies in the last decade, focusing on the influence of the lack of mass protest since the 1970s on scholarly interests. The essay examines the…
The Radical Right in Japan
This chapter presents an overview of the radical right in Japan by answering the question of why contemporary radical right groups hate Koreans. This is key to understanding the features of Japan’s radical right and how it has changed during the last half century. Unlike its predecessors, the group Zaitokukai (Civic Group Against Privileges of Koreans in Japan) seems quite similar to European radical right groups in the sense that it targets ethn…
Vulnerability of Amazon forests to storm-driven tree mortality
Tree mortality is a key driver of forest community composition and carbon dynamics. Strong winds associated with severe convective storms are dominant natural drivers of tree mortality in the Amazon. Why forests vary with respect to their vulnerability to wind events and how the predicted increase in storm events might affect forest ecosystems within the Amazon are not well understood. We found that windthrows are common in the Amazon region exte…
Tropical forest carbon balance
Debate continues over the adequacy of existing field plots to sufficiently capture Amazon forest dynamics to estimate regional forest carbon balance. Tree mortality dynamics are particularly uncertain due to the difficulty of observing large, infrequent disturbances. A recent paper (Chambers et al 2013 Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. 110 3949-54) reported that Central Amazon plots missed 9-17% of tree mortality, and here we address 'why' by elucidating two…
Travailleurs latino-américains au Japon
Depuis la crise de 2008, la situation des résidents latino-américains s'est aggravée avec une forte augmentation du chômage qui rend problématique leur intégration à la société nippone. Même les Japonais qui avaient émigré en Amérique latine dans les années 1970 n’ont trouvé en rentrant au Japon au milieu des années 1980 que des emplois précaires, de l'intérim et peu de possibilité d'organiser leur ascension sociale
Migrant workers enchanted with consumer society
This article reconsiders the relationship between transnationalism from above and from below, focusing on the consumer behavior of migrant workers. Although transnationalism from below may be regarded as positive resistance to dependence on nation-states and global capital, it also facilitates incorporation into global consumer cultures. This article reports how Bangladeshi return migrants have been enchanted by consumer practices in industrializ…
Drought Sensitivity of the Amazon Rainforest
Amazon forests are a key but poorly understood component of the global carbon cycle. If, as anticipated, they dry this century, they might accelerate climate change through carbon losses and changed surface energy balances. We used records from multiple long-term monitoring plots across Amazonia to assess forest responses to the intense 2005 drought, a possible analog of future events. Affected forest lost biomass, reversing a large long-term car…
Tree allometry and improved estimation of carbon stocks and balance in tropical forests
What's Driving Brazil‐Japan Migration? The Making and Remaking of the Brazilian Niche in Japan
Since the late 1980s the Brazilian population in Japan has steadily increased, despite the long‐term recession in the late 1990s. In this paper we will examine the mechanism of the constant increase of Brazilians in Japan, focusing on the institutional context of their incorporation into the Japanese labor market. On the demand side, Brazilians solved an acute labor shortage in the economic boom period, but long‐term recession and casualization o…
Logging On in the Rain Forests
Nippon Kaigi
Nippon Kaigi (Japan Conference) is the largest far-right lobbying group in Japan, established in 1997, boasting approximately 38,000 individual members and between 100 to 150 affiliated groups (24)...
Living Transnationally Between Japan and Brazil
Diaspora and Identity
Migrant workers enchanted with consumer society
This article reconsiders the relationship between transnationalism from above and from below, focusing on the consumer behavior of migrant workers. Although transnationalism from below may be regarded as positive resistance to dependence on nation-states and global capital, it also facilitates incorporation into global consumer cultures. This article reports how Bangladeshi return migrants have been enchanted by consumer practices in industrializ…
Social movement studies in post-3.11 Japan
Between the decline of mass protests in the 1970s and the Great East Japan Earthquake and Fukushima nuclear meltdown in the 2010s, which resulted in the resurgence of mass demonstrations, social movements were widely regarded as uncommon in Japan. In this essay, the author reviews Japan’s social movement studies in the last decade, focusing on the influence of the lack of mass protest since the 1970s on scholarly interests. The essay examines the…
Logging On in the Rain Forests
What's Driving Brazil‐Japan Migration? The Making and Remaking of the Brazilian Niche in Japan
Since the late 1980s the Brazilian population in Japan has steadily increased, despite the long‐term recession in the late 1990s. In this paper we will examine the mechanism of the constant increase of Brazilians in Japan, focusing on the institutional context of their incorporation into the Japanese labor market. On the demand side, Brazilians solved an acute labor shortage in the economic boom period, but long‐term recession and casualization o…
Tree allometry and improved estimation of carbon stocks and balance in tropical forests
Drought Sensitivity of the Amazon Rainforest
Amazon forests are a key but poorly understood component of the global carbon cycle. If, as anticipated, they dry this century, they might accelerate climate change through carbon losses and changed surface energy balances. We used records from multiple long-term monitoring plots across Amazonia to assess forest responses to the intense 2005 drought, a possible analog of future events. Affected forest lost biomass, reversing a large long-term car…
Migrant workers enchanted with consumer society
This article reconsiders the relationship between transnationalism from above and from below, focusing on the consumer behavior of migrant workers. Although transnationalism from below may be regarded as positive resistance to dependence on nation-states and global capital, it also facilitates incorporation into global consumer cultures. This article reports how Bangladeshi return migrants have been enchanted by consumer practices in industrializ…
Travailleurs latino-américains au Japon
Depuis la crise de 2008, la situation des résidents latino-américains s'est aggravée avec une forte augmentation du chômage qui rend problématique leur intégration à la société nippone. Même les Japonais qui avaient émigré en Amérique latine dans les années 1970 n’ont trouvé en rentrant au Japon au milieu des années 1980 que des emplois précaires, de l'intérim et peu de possibilité d'organiser leur ascension sociale
Tropical forest carbon balance
Debate continues over the adequacy of existing field plots to sufficiently capture Amazon forest dynamics to estimate regional forest carbon balance. Tree mortality dynamics are particularly uncertain due to the difficulty of observing large, infrequent disturbances. A recent paper (Chambers et al 2013 Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. 110 3949-54) reported that Central Amazon plots missed 9-17% of tree mortality, and here we address 'why' by elucidating two…
The Radical Right in Japan
This chapter presents an overview of the radical right in Japan by answering the question of why contemporary radical right groups hate Koreans. This is key to understanding the features of Japan’s radical right and how it has changed during the last half century. Unlike its predecessors, the group Zaitokukai (Civic Group Against Privileges of Koreans in Japan) seems quite similar to European radical right groups in the sense that it targets ethn…
Vulnerability of Amazon forests to storm-driven tree mortality
Tree mortality is a key driver of forest community composition and carbon dynamics. Strong winds associated with severe convective storms are dominant natural drivers of tree mortality in the Amazon. Why forests vary with respect to their vulnerability to wind events and how the predicted increase in storm events might affect forest ecosystems within the Amazon are not well understood. We found that windthrows are common in the Amazon region exte…
Social movement studies in post-3.11 Japan
Between the decline of mass protests in the 1970s and the Great East Japan Earthquake and Fukushima nuclear meltdown in the 2010s, which resulted in the resurgence of mass demonstrations, social movements were widely regarded as uncommon in Japan. In this essay, the author reviews Japan’s social movement studies in the last decade, focusing on the influence of the lack of mass protest since the 1970s on scholarly interests. The essay examines the…
Soil moisture thresholds explain a shift from light-limited to water-limited sap velocity in the Central Amazon during the 2015–16 El Niño drought
Transpiration is often considered to be light- but not water-limited in humid tropical rainforests due to abundant soil water, even during the dry seasons. The record-breaking 2015–16 El Niño drought provided a unique opportunity to examine whether transpiration is constrained by water under severe lack of rainfall. We measured sap velocity, soil water content, and meteorological variables in an old-growth upland forest in the Central Amazon thro…
Effects of sustainable forest management on tree diversity, timber volumes, and carbon stocks in an ecotone forest in the northern Brazilian Amazon
Nippon Kaigi
Nippon Kaigi (Japan Conference) is the largest far-right lobbying group in Japan, established in 1997, boasting approximately 38,000 individual members and between 100 to 150 affiliated groups (24)...
Alternative identification of wood from natural fallen trees of the Lecythidaceae family in the Central Amazonian using FT-NIR spectroscopy
The scientific identification of natural fallen trees in tropical forests is complex due to the lack of fertile material in field collection. The study evaluated the use of near-infrared spectroscopy with Fourier-transform (FT-NIR) in the discrimination of wood from fallen trees of the Lecythidaceae family. Seven trees were collected in the Central Amazonian region (Brazil), from which 63 specimens were prepared from the wood, and NIR spectra wer…
Living Transnationally Between Japan and Brazil
Diaspora and Identity
Immigration and nationalism in Japan
How does nationalism influence immigration to Japan? Japan’s policymakers have carefully designed policy measures so that they keep nationalist’s feathers unruffled. Although it is clear that ethno-nationalist attitudes dominate the country, nationalism has seldom been mobilized to determine migration policies in Japan. In this chapter, therefore, I do not directly analyze the impact of nationalism on them. Instead, I examine the effect of factor…
Estoque E Traços Funcionais De Raízes Finas Na Regeneração Natural De Uma Floresta Atingida Por Chuvas Convectivas Na Amazônia Central
Os processos fisiológicos das árvores afetam o fluxo de carbono e água, influenciando os estoques de biomassa na floresta. No entanto, a mudança climática e eventos extremos podem causar desbalanceamentos. Compreender o funcionamento do ecossistema amazônico diante de distúrbios naturais é crucial para estratégias de regeneração. As raízes finas, com diâmetro menor que 2 mm, são essenciais para a absorção de água e nutrientes, além de contribuíre…
What is new about Japan’s new migration policy? From recruitment of “nonlabor” workers to selection by neoliberal meritocracy
Japan experienced major reforms in its migration policy in 2018. This study aims to examine the novelty of the new migration policy by tracing the shift in the legal status of two “nonlabor” migrant workers: fourth-generation Japanese descendants (Nikkeijin) and technical interns. While fourth-generation young adults have been allowed to work in Japan since 2018, their rights are more restricted than those of third-generation Nikkeijin. Simultane…
Migrant Religions in Japan
Geography (10 works) · Japanese History and Culture (8 works) · Biology (7 works) · Environmental Science (7 works) · Amazon rainforest (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Politics (6 works) · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity (5 works) · Ecology (5 works) · Law (5 works)